Shabana Mahmood could face pressure to make a string of urgent decisions as she takes on the role of Justice Secretary
There has been no shortage of anguished cries from campaigners and legal commentators lamenting the state of the country’s beleaguered justice system as report after report has warned it is victims who are suffering amid swelling court backlogs, staff shortages, crumbling buildings and a lack of funding.
Stressing how it would be impossible to magic up a new prison within hours of the election result, he added: “We’re going to have to get on with the hard yards of sorting this mess out.” As of Friday, the prison population stood at 87,453 with a “usable operational capacity” of 88,864, indicating 1,411 spaces are available.
In a report published earlier this year, Whitehall’s spending watchdog found overcrowding in prisons is now “one of the biggest obstacles” to cutting the courts backlog.
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